Beginning April 28, Uno Chicago Bar and Grill in Springfield will start its live music summer courtyard series featuring a cornucopia of music.

On Mondays you can hear new standards by Eric Bascom. Tuesday nights feature Gary Jones and Frank Serafino playing acoustic classics across several genres. On Wednesdays, EagleEyes will play a panoply of contemporary hits, while Thursdays showcases the talents of Good Acoustics, which also plays an eclectic assortment of popular songs.

The weekends will kick off on Friday nights with Emotion, which covers more than four decades of musical treasures. Saturday nights features the modern and classic rock of Tom Ingram Band. The week winds up on Sunday nights with the Ethel Lee Ensemble and its tasty mix of jazz blues and standards.

The music runs from 6 to 10 p.m. from Sunday to Thursday and 7 to 11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. All shows are weather permitting. Uno is at 820 West Columbus Ave.

Scouting report

The Arts Block Cafe in Greenfield has a whole pile of great show coming up in May, but one I wanted to highlight today is the Mosaic Fundraiser concert on May 10 with Seth Glier, Mitch Chakour, ReBelle, Yiddishkeit Klezmer Ensemble and Russell Kaback, to benefit The International Mosaic Down Syndrome Association, REACH Early Intervention, and The Academy of Early Learning. Tickets: $15 in advance at the Arts Block website or $20 at the door.
More Information: www.theartsblock.com, (413) 774-1050. The cafe is at 289 Main St.

General Gust and The Mexican Cadillac will headline a show at Maximum Capacity in Chicopee on May 3. Also on the bill is Flat on the Falcettos. The cover charge is $5. Maximum Capacity is at 116 School St.

This week's Thursday Theme Night at the Summit View in Holyoke will feature a Cajun flair. The cost is $15 and the fun starts at 4:30 p.m. The Summit House is at 555 Northampton St.

Sierra Grille's lineup for its Thursday music scene on April 24 will feature Space Orphans, Opel, and The True Believers. The show starts at 10 p.m. And the cover charge is $3. Sierra Grille is at 41 Strong Ave. in Northampton.

The next Unbuttoned event at Luthier's Co-op in Easthampton will feature writer Howard Faerstein. Currently living in the Florence section of Northampton, Faerstein was born in Brooklyn and has gone on to become a bookmaker, then a wanderer of high deserts in New Mexico and then Southwest Colorado. He now teaches at Westfield State University. His poetry has appeared in numerous journals over the past four decades.

Unbuttoned begins with six open-mic slots for five-minute readings. Open-mic participants will be selected on a first-come, first-served basis. Sign-up is at 6:45 p.m. Following the open mic readings, Faerstein will read from a selection of his work. Luthier's Co-op is at 108 Cottage St.